Household article



W. A. YONICK'.

HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY15, 191s.

1,330,107. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

By Z

' ATTOFIVL'K WILLIAM A. YONICK, or PI-IIIilADELPHIA, rENNsYLvANm. V

- HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. YONICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovedHousehold Article, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an improvedhousehold article designed for readily removing metallic tops fromglasses suchas contain jelly,"

mustard, peanut butter modities.

The invention consists of the improveand similar comments hereinafterdescribed vand finally scope of the invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which Figure 1, is aview in elevation of the improved household article and illustrating thesame in position for the removal of a metallic top from aglass, and

Fig. 2, is a view of the underside of the household article. w 7 For thepurpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanyingdrawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since thesame has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliableresults, although it is to be under stood that the variousinstrumentalitiesof which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities ashereinshown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates an elongated member of thin metal,conversely curved arch-fashion throughout the major portion of itsextent. One end of said memvidedwith a claw 12 extended in a directiontoward said handle, which claw has a knifelike edge for engagin underthe rim of a I metallictop 13 of a g ass 14. In removing Specificationof Letters Patent. t t 10 1920:

Application filed May 15, 1919. =Seria1 No. 297,423. f

such a top, that part of the member 10 adj acent the handle 11 ispositioned upon the peripheral edge of the top 13 to form a fulcrum. Byexerting pressure upon the handle 11 in a downward direction the rim ofthe top is sprung free of engagement with a glass. The above describedarticle provides an excellent kitchen adjunct and when so desired may-beused exclusively for the pur- 10 and claw 12 may be formed in one piece.However the member 10 may be'provided with other devices to form acombination article. In such case the claw 12 may be manufactured asillustrated in the drawings wherein 15 designates a bifurcated partrigidly attached, as by a rivet, to the end of member 10. Such part 15terminates at one end in the claw 12 and at its other end in a tooth 16for prying loose the lids oftin canssuchas are usually employed forcontaining syrups, paints and the like.

It will now be apparent that I have de vised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantages enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above descriptionand while I have in the present instance shown and described thepreferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the sameis susceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

What I claim is:

1. An article of the character stated comprising a thin, flat one-piecemember which pose above stated. In such case the member 7 is archedthroughout the major portion of its extent, a bifurcated part fittedover one I end of said member and rigidly fixed thereto, said parthaving, formed integral therewith a claw having a knife-edge and ahandle rigidly fixed to the other end of said arched member, that partof said member I adjacent said handle serving'as a fulcrum for theoperation of said claw.

2. An article of the character stated comprising a thin fiat one-piecemember disposed edgewise which is arched throughout the major portion ofits extent, a thin substantially flat claw fixed to one end of saidmember said claw having a, broad plane upper surface and the undersurface thereof being tapered toward said upper surface to provide aknife-edge at the inner end'of said claw, an end of said member abuttingmember. 10

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAMVA; YONICK,

